Improvement in pain by using lidocaine combined with esketamine in elderly patients receiving local anaesthesia for percutaneous kyphoplasty: a randomized controlled study.
BMC Anesthesiology October 23, 2024 Longyuan Zhou, Lei Lv, Ruilan Wu et al. 4 citations
Elderly patients often experience severe pain during percutaneous kyphoplasty under local anaesthesia. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of lidocaine combined with esketamine on pain improvement in elderly patients receiving local anaesthesia via percutaneous kyphoplasty. This prospective, randomized comparative trial was conducted on 66 elderly patients, aged 60-80 years, with an...